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Bayesian test of the strong equivalence principle in Brans-Dicke theories with planetary ephemerides

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Context: We are testing strong equivalence principle with planetary ephemerides in the frame of the Brans-Dicke class of scalar tensor theories. Aims: In this work, we apply our recently proposed Bayesian methodology on the Brans-Dicke case, with an emphasis on the issue of the strong equivalence principle. Methods: We compare the posterior distributions obtained fully consistently in this case with the preceding Parametrized Post-Newtonian (PPN) integrations in planetary ephemerides, which did not incorporate potential violations of the strong equivalence principle. Results: We observe a shift in the confidence levels of the posteriors obtained. We interpret this shift as marginal evidence suggesting that the effect of the Strong Equivalence Principle violation can no longer be neglected in planetary ephemerides. We also notably report that the constraint on the Brans-Dicke parameter with planetary ephemerides is getting closer to the figure reported from the Cassini spacecraft alone, but also to the constraints from pulsars. We anticipate that data from future spacecraft missions, such as BepiColombo, will significantly enhance the constraint with planetary ephemerides.

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hal-04246824 , version 1 (17-10-2023)

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Vincenzo Mariani, Olivier Minazzoli, Agnès Fienga, Jacques Laskar, Mickaël Gastineau. Bayesian test of the strong equivalence principle in Brans-Dicke theories with planetary ephemerides. 2023. ⟨hal-04246824⟩
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